Scuba Nation Cambodia - PADI Diving and Instruction in the Gulf of Thailand (Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh)
Routes to get to Sihanouville from Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and from within Cambodia

Cambodian visas are available at the border. Your options between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City via Moc Bai includes the following:

  1. The direct Phnom Penh Sorya Transport bus is a large, air-conditioned bus, which departs Ho Chi Minh everyday at at 6:00am. It’s $12 per person and you don’t change buses at border.
  2. Daily minivans from Capitol Guesthouse and Neak Krorhorm Travel for $12. Bus to the border, check through immigration, walk across the border and meet a prearranged bus on the other side.
  3. The cheapest option are local taxis which can be arranged from Ho Chi Minh. At the border, check through immigration and walk across the border. To PP from here, shared taxi costs $5 for a cramped and harrowing ride or a private taxi for $35.
   
PADI Scuba Diving Tips of The Day » When using a compass hold it level, with the lubber line centered with your body’s centre line. Trust your compass – if your gut instinct tells you to go one way and the compass says the other, go with the compass.